Student satisfaction, performance, and knowledge construction in online collaborative learning

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-136

  Zhu, Chang ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Cultural context; Knowledge construction; Online collaborative learning; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864416836     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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